Farmworkers

Report: Female Farmworkers, Scared To Call Police, Often Sexually Assaulted

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 05.16.2012

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FRESNO, Calif. -- Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immigration status m...

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Citing "Tradition," Big Ag Fights Reforms for Child Farmworkers

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Food, Farming, Human Rights, Farmworkers, Child Labor, Children, Labor Rights, Agriculture, Politics News
Michelle Chen

Child labor is a symptom of a monstrous blight across the food system: consumers relish cheap prices and companies reap profits, and workers pay the human cost.

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Farmworkers Fast Outside Publix HQ

AP | Posted 05.05.2012

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Florida farmworkers and their supporters are staging a fast outside Publix Super Markets headquarters in Lakeland. The fast organiz...

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More Than a Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria Talks Activism

Avital Binshtock | Posted 02.20.2012

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Avital Binshtock

Eva Longoria, who plays the self-involved Gabrielle Solis on ABC's Desperate Housewives, takes on extracurricular projects that set her far apart from her shallow onscreen persona.

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Elise Foley

Spanish-Language Ads To Target Mandatory E-Verify

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: E-Verify, Video, Undocumented Immigrants, United Farmworkers of America, California Republicans, Immigration, America's Voice, Guest Workers, Farmworkers, Dan Lungren, Service Employees International Union, Elton Gallegly, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Spanish-language ads will target Republican congressmen from California for their support of a federal employment eligibility program ca...

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South Africa: Renowned Wines, Dangerous Working Conditions

Human Rights Watch | Posted 10.24.2011

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Human Rights Watch

The fruits and wine that come from the Western Cape are enjoyed by consumers around the world and generate billions of rand for South Africa's economy, yet the farmworkers who help produce these goods are denied basic human rights.

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Rotten Tomatoes: Trader Joe's And The Jewish Ethic For Farmworker Justice

Rabbi Jill Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Jill Jacobs

Tomato harvesters suffer from some of the worst human rights abuses in America, and it is now public knowledge that Trader Joe's has refused to sign the Fair Food agreement.

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They Keep Coming: Anti-Immigrants Bring Arizona's 1070 to California

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christine Pelosi

What lies ahead in California is a costly, multimillion dollar ballot fight designed by anti-immigrant groups to divide families, communities, and coalitions.

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Finding the Sacred and the Satirical in our Food

Elizabeth McVay Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth McVay Greene

What better testament to the urgency of our food challenges than to hear Stephen Colbert, a white entertainer in a suit, ask us to consider the people responsible for getting food to our tables?

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Americans Don't Want Farm Work, Despite Economy

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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VISALIA, Calif. — It's a question rekindled by the recession: Are immigrants taking jobs away from American citizens? In the heart of the nation...

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Fighting for Farmworkers' Rights for More Than 40 Years

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

This is a three part series of an interview with Baldemar Velasquez, President and Founder of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.

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Overtime for Farmworkers in California: Who Will it Hurt?

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ramon Resa, MD

"Up before dawn, working until sunset picking plums and filling the bins. We work each day until Apa says it's time to quit." (excerpt from Out of the...

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UPDATED: Colbert Speaks for Farmworkers: Take Our Jobs, Please!

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kurt Michael Friese

Migrant workers are not in fact taking away jobs from Honest-to-Glenn-Beck Americans. They are doing jobs that are vital to our national economy and that no one else will do.

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Why Cesar Chavez Would Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Janet Murguía | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Murguía

Cesar Chavez shined a national spotlight on the depressed wages and unbearable working conditions experienced by agricultural laborers in the 1960s. Still, today, too many farmworkers face similar conditions.

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Strawberry Showdown: No Methyl Iodide with My Shortcake, Please

Naomi Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Naomi Starkman

Commercially grown strawberries and tomatoes in California could start getting an unhealthy dose of the highly toxic methyl iodide. Among scientists' greatest concerns is the pesticide's ability to cause spontaneous abortion late in pregnancy.

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America's Lowest-Paying Jobs (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

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As you may have heard, the U.S. economy is predominantly a "service economy." Which means, for better or worse, a large percentage of Americans have b...

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Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Buchanan

The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.

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Yes, Obama Can Honor Cesar Chavez's Legacy

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Randy Shaw

President Obama harnessed the "Yes We Can " spirit in winning the presidency. He can now honor Cesar Chavez's legacy by giving farm workers federal labor protections at least equal to those afforded other workers.

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The Secret -- I Saw, Close-up, the Real Root of Global Economic Collapse

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Charlie Crist, Florida, Slavery, Farmworkers, Wages, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Food, Tomatoes, Economy, Working-Conditions, Politics News
Frances Moore Lappe

Why do I call this modern-day form of slavery and its legal face -- this kind of gross injustice -- the secret of today's imploding economies?

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What's Fair Got to Do with the Price of Green Tomatoes?

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leslie Hatfield

One group is moving ahead with a campaign to pressure corporations to pay a little more (a penny a pound, to be exact) for tomatoes. And they're winning.

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